Israeli police arrest renowned Palestinian professor for alleged incitement

JERUSALEM

The Israeli police arrested Palestinian professor and academic Nadera Shalhoub on Thursday on charges of incitement, according to Israeli media.

The police arrested Prof. Shalhoub, a lecturer at the Hebrew University, on charges of "incitement" after she accused Israel of committing "genocidal crimes" in the Gaza Strip, Israeli Channel 12 reported.

The channel did not specify where Shalhoub was arrested, while an Anadolu correspondent reported that it took place in the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem.

Shalhoub doubted Israeli claims of "sexual assaults" during a Hamas' Oct. 7 attack, a claim repeatedly denied by the movement.

Following the publication of a petition accusing Israel of perpetrating genocide in Gaza, the lecturer faced suspension from the university, according to Yedioth Ahronoth daily.

"They started with babies, they continued with rape, and they will continue with a million other lies. We stopped believing them, I hope the world stops believing them,” the daily cited a petition by Shalhoub.

Shalhoub teaches in the departments of Criminology and Social Work at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and lectures on Law and Women's Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. Born in 1960, she resides in East Jerusalem.

*Writing by Mohammad Sio in Istanbul